Exposing Satan's Playbook The Perry Stone

New Testament (2 Cor. 7:1; Eph. 5:4; James 1:21; Rev. 17:4). Oddly enough, four different Greek words are translated as filthiness in these four passages. The word used by Paul alludes to a stain, like a stain on a garment. He is referring to sins of the flesh and spirit . The fleshly sins are found in Galatians 5:19–21; they are self-explanatory and can be visibly witnessed in a person’s words or actions. Filthiness of the spirit , however, refers to those things on the inside that are not necessarily visibly seen by others. A person can hold bitterness, fear, anger, and unforgiveness, which defile and stain the human spirit, yet put on a smiley face and no one know the turmoil occurring inwardly. All cleansing and forgiveness comes through Christ’s blood. However, as believers we have the divine right to exercise authority over all of the powers of the enemy and to close doors that have been opened by our own choices. In no way is the writer to the Hebrews teaching that we can bring our own deliverance without Christ, but through Christ we can exercise the power to lay aside the weights and sins. One fact is clear. We will never remove what we enjoy and never cleanse what we permit. Willingness to be free must be mingled with the desire for freedom. When desire and willingness collide, then freedom is knocking at the door. W HEN P REACHERS P REACH TO T HEMSELVES There have been noted ministers who preached powerful messages against sin and gave altar invitations with hundreds